The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-20
A SEPTEMBER GALE.
Terrific Storms in New York State
and Ohio.

a heavy September gale throughout New
York State and portions OF Ohio has re
suited in some fatalities and great damage TO
buildings and crops. At Worcester, y. Y,
Amos Cornell was lifted off his feet by the
wind, thrown against a barrel twenty-five
feet distant and instantly killed. Two other
men were severely hurt and four houses and
barns destroyed. The crops suffered greatly
At Binghamton the tornado lasted only
short time but its effects were quite serious.
Trees and chiInleys were blown down all over
the CITY, and at the Asylum Tor the Chronic
Insane a new building in the course OF erec-
ton was damaged by the wind TO the extens
of several hundred dollars.
The country near Norwich, \. Y was raw
aged by the storm. Its track was about
mile wide. Many apple trees were blown
down and nu merous hop fields were devaSta-
ted One house was carried bodily into Sne
street and several barns were overturned. A
house was unrOofed and many chlmneys We're
blown down. During the storm large
barn in North Norwich, belonging to Isaac
Perlee, was struck by lightning and con-
sumed, with its contents A barn at Sher-
burne owned by Mr.. Smith. was also struck
by lightning and burned. The gale was the
most severe which has occurred in the county
for several years.
Saratoga Springs was also ravaged by the
gale. In the northeastern portion OF the
village the hailstones were the size OF peas,
but on their northward journey they IN,
pieces picked up in front of the Arcade Build
ing measured 1x115 inches. ALI standing
crops in the track of the storm were ruined,
the loss in buckwheat being the heaviest.
The tornado which visited Toledo, Ohio
and vicinity originated in Southern Michigan.
1t first struck Sylvania, village ten miles
north of Toledo, blowing down two gas Wei
derricks and wrenching boiler from its brick
foundation. Three horses in a wooded pasture
were killed by falling trees. All tall trees
were levelled, but the lower ones were spared;
One farmer had fifty acres of fine timber all
blown down. A brick schoolhouse at
Niche was destroyed. The track Of
the tornado was south by east along
the line of the Toledo and Ohio Cen
trail road. The track of the storm can be
followed as far as the eye can reach. 1t is
from one to Two hundred yards wide. No
fences or small trees are standing In this
track Corn is scattered and houses and
barns are unrOOfed for miles. AT w aterV1lle
and other villages to the southwark much
damage was done, and the total damage VIII
amount to many thousands of dollars
The total loss to the new insane asylum at
Toledo is Sc, 900. DR.. Embury, the assistant
superintendent of the asylum, was driving
into the grounds at the time, his wife and
little daughter being with him. The buggy
was overturned and all three were thrown
out. The doctor held on to the horse,
which with the vehicle, lifted
and carried several rods. His wife and child
were carried over hundred feet and dropped
into ditch in two feet of water, from which
they were rescued. None of them were
hurt. A Wabash train passed through the
center of the tornado, and the smokeStack OF
the locomotive was carried Off.